Massachusetts has become the first state in the country to have each of its hospital, health system and local health plans commit to eliminating questions about clinicians' mental health history or past drug use in the credentialing process.
Physician Workforce
Still having more to contribute as a physician was the leading reason physicians said they would keep working at least until their late 60s, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians Eye Retirement Report."
One-third of academic physicians expressed intention to leave their facility in the next two years in a study published Dec. 15 in JAMA Network Open.
Travel is a main retirement goal among physicians, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians Eye Retirement Report."
Burnout was the leading reason behind physicians wanting to retire from medicine, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians Eye Retirement Report."
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Roughly two-thirds of physicians are looking to retire from medicine by their mid to late 60s, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians Eye Retirement Report."
Thirty-nine percent of physicians have side hustles, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Side Gigs Report," published Oct. 12.
Alaska has the most women's health providers per capita, according to data released by the United Health Foundation on Dec. 5.
Sports medicine is the fastest growing physician specialty, according to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Geriatric medicine specialties were the top two least-filled specialties in the 2023 National Resident Matching Program results for medicine and pediatric specialties.